Urban stormwater and snowmelt pollution contributes significantly to the deterioration of
surface waters quality in many locations. Consequently, the sources of such pollution have …

Pollution derived from car tires is of growing research interest due to its apparent
omnipresence in the urban environment and its associated toxicity. Studies have focused …

Urban runoff seems an obvious pathway for the transfer of microplastics (MPs) and phthalate
acid esters (PAEs) from land-based sources to the marine environment; an issue that still …

Tire wear particles are not only the type of polymer particles most prevalent in the
environment but also act as source of various organic micropollutants, many of which are …

Solid-phase microextraction is a well-established green solvent free extraction technique
with a large number of applications in different fields such as food, forensic, biomedical, and …

Social and environmental concern about the use of crumb rubber from end-of-life car tires in
the construction of different sport and recreational facilities is increasing due to the presence …

Recycling end-of-life tires (ELTs) reduces waste and provides a low-cost source of energy
and materials such as crumb rubber, used as infill in artificial turf football pitches. However …

In recent years, the recycling of waste tyre rubber in construction and road materials has
emerged as a potential innovative solution to the growing waste rubber tyre dilemma …

Recycled tire crumb rubber (RTCR) surfaces contain harmful and carcinogenic substances,
which can be ingested by the users of these facilities, mainly athletes and children. In this …

Rubber waste, in the form of granules of styrene butadiene rubber and ethylene-propylene-
diene-monomer with a particle size of 0.5 to 4 mm, is broadly used for the construction of …